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Chris Packham's Wild Side Of Town
Getting to Know the Wildlife in Our Towns and Cities
Chris Packham's Wild Side Of Town
Getting to Know the Wildlife in Our Towns and Cities
Description
Written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham, this book is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation.
This new edition is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation and is written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham. It is an educational and striking guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in all manner of urban habitats in our towns and cities.
Increasingly, wildlife is finding a home in our built-up, concrete and noisy cities. Urban sites such as canals, disused railway embankments, reservoirs, rubbish tips and inner-city gardens are becoming popular abodes for a huge number of species. This book is at once a source to the best urban sites in Britain and the different habitats that exist there, and a revealing field guide to the wildlife inhabiting these city locations.
Beautiful illustrations, stunning photographs and informed reference material combine with this popular author's entertaining style to bring a novel look at wildlife away from the countryside.
Table of Contents
There's No Place Like Home: Insects
Urban Champions: Cats Among the Rats Among the Pigeons
Skyscrapers: Birds
The Green Team: Plant Life
City Safari: Mammals
Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish
Century 21 and Beyond
A Field Guide to Urban Species
- Mammals
-Birds
- Reptiles and Amphibians
- Insects
- Plant Life
The Wildlife Trusts' Top Urban Sites
Product details
| Published | Feb 26 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 144 |
| ISBN | 9781472916068 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Natural History |
| Illustrations | 200 colour photographs throughout |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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